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Cigarette smoking, cytochrome P4501A1 polymorphisms, and breast cancer among African-American and white women.
Breast cancer research : BCR - 1 Jan 2004
Li Yu, Millikan Robert C, Bell Douglas A, Cui Lisa, Tse Chiu-Kit J, Newman Beth, Conway Kathleen
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INTRODUCTION: Previous epidemiologic studies suggest that women with variant cytochrome P4501A1 (CYP1A1) genotypes who smoke cigarettes are at increased risk for breast cancer. METHODS: We evaluated the association of breast cancer with CYP1A1 polymorphisms and cigarette smoking in a population-based, case-control study of invasive breast cancer in North Carolina. The study population consisted of 688 cases (271...
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